Coin-operated automaton



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A. M. PIERCE.

COIN OPERATED AUTOMATON.

No. 411,108. Patented Sept. 17, 1889.

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No. 411,108. Patented Sept. 17, 1889.

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ARTHUR M. PIERCE, OF BROOKLYN, NEXV YORK.

COIN-OPERATED AUTOMATON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,108, datedSeptember 17, 1889.

Application filed December 29, 1888 Serial No. 294,983. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR M. PIERCE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Coin-Operated Automatons, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to automatic devices which are put inoperation by the weight of a coin or token, and has for its object theprovision of a device designed to amuse.

To attain the desired end my invention consists, essentially, in twofigures, each of which is articulated and supported by and upon aconcealed pivot at the back of the figure. Each figure is arranged to beoperated by a common motor and also by separate motors for producingdifferent movements; and my invention also involves certain other noveland useful combinations, all of which will be hereinafter first fullydescribed, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation with parts of the deviceshown in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section, and Fig.3 is a detailed sectional view at line m of Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

1 is the main frame or case, provided with a platform 2 and a glazedpanel 3.

i 4 are two figures representing cocks standing upon the platform 2.

5 are the legs of the cooks, pivoted upon a fixed pin 6 and connectedtogether by a cross-bar 7.

8 is a spring which normally holds the feet down upon the platform.

Vithin the neck and head are a series of blocks 9, hinged together at10.

11 is a cord fixed in the outermost block and passing throughperforations in the other blocks forming the support for the neck.

2 is a horizontal shaft fixed in a yoke 13 in the case, back of thefigure, and extending through the partition 14 into the body of thefigure.

15 is a tube or frame mounted upon shaft 12, the body of the figurebeing secured thereto. 1 have shown said tube as exaggerated in size forconvenience in illustrating my construction, and it is obvious inpractice its proportions would be greatly reduced.

21 is a head secured to tube 15, said head being perforated for thepassage of shaft 12, upon which it turns.

Fixed in tube 15 are pulleys 1G and-17, over which cord 11 passes downbeneath the platform 2.

18 is a cord secured to cross-bar 7 and pass ing over pulleys 19 and20to the space beneath platform 2.

22 is a toothed wheel secured to tube 15, the teeth of said wheelmeshing with a rack 23, fixed at the rear of partitions 14.

2d is a slot in partition 14: through which the tube 15 passes, and 25is a slide through which tube 15 projects, said slide covering slot 2i.

26 is a motor provided with a fly 27.

28 is a pivoted lever having an arm 29, terminating in a finger 30,arranged to engage with a notched disk 31. Lever 28 is also providedwith a hook 32, for engaging with fly 27.

33 is a wheel forming a part of motor 26, having a cam-rib 31 upon oneside and studs 35 upon the other.

36 is a vertical sliding bar having a friction-roller 37 pivoted to itslower extremity, which engages with the cam-rib 34, and at top across-bar 38, to which cords 11 are connccted.

39 is a lever pivoted to the motor-frame, one end of said lever beingconnected to a cord 13 and the other arranged to strike the lugs 35 onthe inner side of wheel 33. Pivoted to lever 39 is a bar 40, which alsoengages with a lever 41, to which the second cord 18 is secured.

The yoke 13 is arranged to slide in ways 42, and has adownwardly-extendin g stem 43, terminating in a foot 4t.

. 45 are motors, each provided with a notched wheeliB, to the shaftwhereof is fixed an arm 47.

48 is a fixed coin tube or chute having at its lower extremity a slidingextension 49, perforated for the passage of the outer arm of lever28.Extension-tube 49 passes into a receiver 50, having a A-shaped bottom51,

with a chute 52 at each side. For convenience I have shownbut a smallportion of chutes 52; but in practice these chutes are continueddownward some distance.

Pivoted at 53 are levers 55,each having an arm 54, terminating in afinger 56, designed to enter the notch in wheels 46.

57 indicates arms designed to engage with the flies of the motors 45.

The operation of my device is as follows:

A coin being introduced into chute 48 dcto be simultaneously raised andlowered through the medium of cords 11. The studs 35 on wheel 33 willstrike the free end of le-. ver 39, drawing upon cords 18, causing thecooks to simultaneously strike forward with their feet. These movementswill continue until wheel 31 has made a complete revolution, when thenotch in said wheel will permit lever 28 to return to a horizontalposition, raising tube 49 and permitting the coin to fall into one ofthe branch chutes 52, starting one of the motors 45 in the same manneras described for motor 26. When wheel 56 turns, arm 47 will pass frombeneath foot 44,

permitting the yoke 13 to drop, and as it drops tube 15 will be causedto revolve a portion of a revolution through the medium of toothed wheel22 and rack 23, throwing the cock attached to that tube upon his back onplatform 2. The slide 25 is carried downward and keeps slot 24 coveredat all times. As arm 47 passes upward upon its return to a verticalposition, it will bearagainst foot 44, raising the yoke, returning thecock to a standing position, when the motor will be stopped, ashereinbefore described.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. As animprovement in coin-operated automatons, the figures of two cocks in afighting I attitude, a common motor adapted to actuate the necks andlegs of both of said cocks, and an independent motor for each cock, oneof said independent motors being arbitrarily controlled by the weight ofa coin and adapted tached.

2. In a coin-operated automaton, two figures having their movable partsconnected to a common motor and the bodies each connected.

with independent motors, each of said motors having a trippingdeveradapted to be actuated by the weight of a coin. I

3. As an improvement in coin-operated automatons, the figures of twococks in a fighting attitude,thenecks of said figures being articulated,as shown and described, and provided with connections to a common motor.

4. As an improvement in coin-operated automatons, the figures of twococks in a fighting attitude, the legs of said figures being articulatedand having connections to a common operating-motor independent of theother movable parts of the figures. 5. As an improvement incoin-operated automatons, the figures of two cocks in a fightingattitude, the movable legs and necks of said figures havingindependently-opcrating connections to a common motor.

6. The combination, with the two articulated figures, each provided withan independ-' ent motor, of a coin-chute having branches leading to thetripping-lever of said indepen dent motors and a tripping-lever beneatheach of said branches and adapted to control the movements of saidindependent motors, substantially as shown and described;

7. The combination, with the articulated figures, each connected with acommon motor and each provided with an independent motor, of acoin-chute terminating in branches lead- ,7 in g to the tripping-leversof said independent motors and the tripping-levers, substantially asshown and described.

8. The combination of the coin-chute, the

tripping-lever connected wit-h the common motor, the branches below saidchute and the tripping-levers, and the independent motors beneath saidbranches, substantially as set forth.

9. A coin-operated automaton in which are dependent motors and arrangedbeneath each of said branch coin-chutes, substantially as shown anddescribed.

11. The combination, with the two figures having their necks and legsarticulated, as set forth, of a common actuating-motor having connectionwith the figures, a coin-chute,

and a tripping-lever'adjacent to said coin- 'chute and adapted tooperate by the weight of a coin. to move the respective cock to which itis at 12. In a coin-operated automaton,the combination, with theactuating-motor, of a figu re having a neck composed of a series ofblocksv hinged to each other and a cord passing from the head throughsaid hinged blocks and connecting with the coin-actuated motor.

bination, with the legs pivoted to the body and normally held in avertical position by a spring, of connections between the legs and thecoin-actuated motor.

14. In a coin-operated automaton, the combination, with thecoin-controlled motor, of a vertically-movable yoke having connectionswith said motor, ahorizontal shaft carried by said yoke, and a tubemounted upon said shaft supporting the figure.

15. In a coin-operated automaton of the character herein specified, thecombination, with the horizontal shaft, of the tube journaled upon saidshaft, the figure fixed to said tube, and the pulleys over which thecords connected to the movable parts of the figure and with thecoin-actuated motor pass, pivoted in said tube, substantially as shownand described.

16. In a coin-operated automaton of the character herein specified, thecombination, with the figure having an articulated neck and a cordpassing therefrom, of an arm fixed to a vertically-movable bar bearing apin eugaging with a cam-wheel upon the coin-controlled actuating-motor,said cord being at tached to the movable bar, substantially as shown anddescribed.

17. In a coin-operated automaton of the character herein specified, thecombination, with a wheel upon the coin-actuated motor, provided on oneside with a stud, of a vertically-movable lever against which said studis adapted to strike and connections between said lever and the pivotedlegs of the figure.

18. In a coin-operated automaton of the character herein specified, thecombination, with the coin-actuated motor bearing a Wheel having a camupon one side and a stud or studs upon the other, of connections to thearticulated legs and necks of the two figures adapted to be alternatelyactuated by the rotation of said wheel upon the coin-controlled motor.

19. The combination, with the coin-chute, of the horizontal leverprojecting into said chute and provided with two fingers, one of whichis adapted and arranged to enter a notch in a disk upon the motor withwhich said lever is connected and the other to engage with the fly ofthe motor, substantially as shown and described.

20. The combination, wit-h the fixed coinchute having a slidableportion, of atrippinglever projecting into the slidable portion andcontrolling the movement of a motor, substantially as shown anddescribed.

21. The combination, with the fixed coinchute having a slidable portion,of the receptacle into which the slidable portion projects,substantially as shown and described.

22. The combination, with the fixed coinchute having a slidable portion,of the receptacle beneath said chutes having a A-shaped bottom andindependent branch chutes, substantially as shown and described.

23. The combination, with the fixed coinchute havinga slidable portionentering a re-' ceptacle provided with a A-shaped bottom and branchchutes, of the levers projecting beneath said branch chutes andcontrolling the movements of independent motors, substantially as shownand described.

24. In a coin-operated automaton of the character herein specified, thecombination, with coin-controlled actu ating-motor, the yoke supportingthe horizontal shaft, rotatable tube, and figure, of the slottedpartition between said yoke and figure and the slide over said slot,substantially as shown and described.

25. In a coin-operated automaton of the character herein specified, thecombination, with the coin-controlled actuating-motor and the slidableyoke bearing the horizontal shaft, of the rotatable tube mounted uponsaid shaft and supporting the figure and provided with a toothed wheel,and the rack with which the teeth of said wheel mesh, substantially asshown and described.

26. In a coin-operated automaton of the character herein specified, thecombination, with the slidable yoke bearing the horizontal shaftsupporting the movable figure, of the downwardlyprojecting stem of saidyoke, terminating in a horizontal foot, and the arm upon the motoradapted and arranged to engage with said foot, substantially as shownand described.

Witness my hand this 13th day of December, 1888.

ARTI'IU'R M. PIERCE.

Witnesses:

THEo. L. Porr, FRED. C. GEYER.

